Why my 802 DIY Bulldog alarm discharges the car battery?
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I have had a Bull Dog ready to bark and bite intruders for more than five years and have never had it adversely affect my 12V battery. Test your battery and check the date you bought the battery.Dean
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Could be several possibilities. Check to see if your battery is older or not sufficiently holding a charge and or that all the connections and cables are clean and tight. You don't mention whether your alarm goes off constantly however even if it did you would have to try a different sensitivity setting and you may still have to refer back to the above assuming the unit is not defective in some way. Disconnectthe alarm and see if your battery still goes dead. if it does then you have a short or another problem or possibly something i mentioned. Good luck.
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You can't prevent this of course, and most certainly the device warning you is likely the device causing the issue. That said if this is a concern for you and you are willing to invest a bit more you can install a remote start alarm with the cellular service add-on. If I am out for an extended period of time and should I receive an alert I can remotely start the car and let the battery charge back up. Not the cheapest approach but it works.
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Correct, if the wired alarm is unplugged then it stops sounding BUT the wireless siren continues sounding. The main panel is wireless and has a 72h backup battery, if main panel gets unplugged from electricity then it works on battery, if panel is also turned off then alarm stops working, I recommend you hide main panel, mine is on a second floor ceiling so it's hard to reach. Even if the alarm gets unplugged or destroyed you will get a call or a SMS as soon as it star sounding (if configured). Hope this works :)
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On my I have it hooked up to the car alarm system and the orange wire is connected to the trigger out on the alarm. Hope that helps you out.
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Assuming the battery is good, it must be defective. Mine is quite loud and I take care not to set it off in error... especially in the garage. :)
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The Bulldog alarm that runs on 12 volts. The alarm is set off by a voltage drop usually caused by the interior dome light coming on..The alarm also is set off by a shock sensor, to sense breaking glass.The alarm could be powered by any dependable 12 volt sorce but then you would have to get creative about how to trigger the alarm when the scooter is tampered with.
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Buy a battery tester.Unhook battery//ck out/tester are about 10 $ / at wm ./rs etc. well worth the money. Take alarm outside for 2 hours .Replace be good batterys .Still beeps call the company if in warranty.
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I don't know. It was just an option on amazon. I leave mine plugged in the car overnight when it gives the one hour left message and have had no issues.
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No. I've checked vendor website. Nothing about mute alarms. Also checked tech forums re: Tripp Lite battery backup, all had same complaints with no solution. If you come across the answer, please post link to it somewhere. For now, will keep Googling for it.
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I had this issue at first. But it had to do with the wiring. The little wire that is neither your power or speaker wires. Is what they call an RMA I belive. He is the one that tells the amp on and off with the car. If it's wired incorrectly from the car it won't turn the amp off. And drain the battery. So either check that, or have a shop instal it again for you. That's what I did and had no issues there after. It's definitely not the amp though. Amos are stupid.. You give them power.. They work. You take it away they stop. So it's probably in your wiring.
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I've had mine up for nearly a year, and the battery seems fine. I'm still using it nearly every day. This device is much like the one in your car, and only uses power when you press the button. How long does that battery last you? Has it left you stranded? There are no warning lights. I don't believe you'll have to reprogram when you change the battery. I'm sure Chamberlain built it so that it statically keeps your passcode and frequency codes on the printed circuit board.
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FYI: I bought a interstate battery and connect the water indicator probe to the negative terminal so the alarm does not sound. works great. the watchdog batteries are JUNK. don't waster your $ on their battery but the system is great otherwise
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Open up the compartment were the actual alarm speaker is and unplug it. Then plug the siren on this wires and try it. If the noise is too low. Buy the bigger battery. The big square one they sell for the lanterns. That should work. Or use two 9v batteries, but try one at a time. Just run wires to the batterie compartment inside since the 9v battery or the big square one won't fit for obvious reasons. the last resort a car battery will work as well since they are 12 volts.
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Regardless of what vehicle it's in or if it's running packs in parallel or series I've always stopped at 3.6v/cell when the pack is at rest. You could possibly go lower and still be safe, however I noticed that my packs lasted a lot longer stopping at 3.6v/cell. Also I found these alarms to be rather quiet. Just a heads up. Enjoy �
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I can't recommend it at this point. I installed one two months ago (and the installation was relatively easy), but last week the car started acting up electronically again (had to jump it off a couple of times, strange beeps after turning it off, ...). So this time we took it to the local dealer, their diagnostics said the battery was bad, they replaced it, and so far we haven't had any more problems. Stay tuned though, because it wouldn't surprise me if somehow the recharge circuitry is screwed up, and this hasn't been a 12 volt battery issue after all.
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You wire your alarm direct to your lock unlock wires. It will only work that way if your car is on a bus wireing system 2008 and up I think. You can find a lot of your answer on bully dog alarms. Web page.
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Rocky, yes, if your Garmin will not operate while plugged into the cars 12V port, then something is really haywire! No wonder you are frustrated. Hope everything works out well for you.